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The Water Log Award
Bill Walker earned the coveted "Water Log Award" for 2010 by taking 77 trips out of the boathouse - and returning safely from all of them - and logging 337 miles. The editor understands that those miles equate to 542.83 kilometers. For his efforts Bill was honored with his name on the permanent plaque mounted conspicuously in the boathouse and presented with a "primitive" trophy consisting of a short log and a mason jar into which an appropriate amount of water had been poured prior to the presentation, both mounted on a board properly identified as "WATER LOG"
Honorable mentions went to the following: John Bishop - 170.5 km; a double with Ritter and Piatkowski - 140.75 km; Greg Prince - 117.7 km; and Arjun Sabharwal (a 2010 SumPro graduate) - 110km
Bill was too busy logging his miles to pose for a portrait.
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"Full Speed Ahead" Award:
Cary Cooper, a partner in the law firm of Cooper Walinski was honored with the "Full Speed Ahead" award at the Toledo Rowing Club's annual Winter Social. And the following are the remarks from the citation: "The Spirit of Toledo Rowing Award, is awarded in memory of Philip LeBoutillier, Jr. to the individual who has exhibited, in a consistent manner, that same quiet (sometimes), supportive (always), and competitive spirit exhibited by Phil.
"Full Speed Ahead" was one of Phil's favorite expressions. He would utter it when he was confronted with a challenge or when he wanted to encourage others to reach beyond themselves. It is only fitting to use "Full Speed Ahead" as this award's title.
For 2010, the Spirit of Toledo Rowing Award goes to an individual who has demonstrated unwavering support for Toledo Rowing as Advisor, Counselor, Rower, Calming Influence when one was needed, Eyes and Ears, Sounding Board, Voice of Reason, Landlord, Toledo's answer to the "perky Progressive brunette" when it comes to insurance matters, Star of the You tube video about TRC, Editor of the TRC newsletter, Oh, wait a minute, we don't have one (story for another time), and as we all agreed, an all around good guy.
This is Phil LeBoutillier from whom the award got its name "Full Speed Ahead". It is not the recipient, Cary Cooper,
who is camera shy!
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National Learn To Row Day
Saturday, 4 June 2011 from 8:32am to 12:18pm
This is your big chance! Spend less than half a day at the Phil LeBoutillier, Jr. boathouse in International Park, Saturday morning, 4 June 2011, to learn first hand what rowing is all about, how much fun it can be, and how easy it is to learn. "But I am not in shape", you say. "Good," say I, all the more reason to come check out Toledo Rowing Club. Here's what you will be able to do. Learn the basics of the rowing stroke on an Indoor Rowing Machine, try those strokes while you sit on the seat of an Alden Ocean shell on the end of a tether manned by one of our experienced staff, and then sit in and try (if you like) your new-found skills in an 8-man shell with six experienced rowers who are not the least bit interested in going swimming in the Maumee River.
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SumPro
Toledo Rowing Club's Learn-To-Row program
If you thought National Learn to Row Day was a blast, you can't go wrong by joining the folks who want to learn how to row so well that they will be able to go out alone whenever they want to do so. SumPro consists of two four-week learning periods. The first one is dedicated to learning "sweep rowing" in which each person in the boat has one oar. The training aids for that are called Indoor Rowing Machines ("ergs") to learn the basics of the rowing stroke and The "Leviathan", the boat that allows the students to practice on the water. The "Leviathan" is a catamaran made from two 8-man shells joined together longitudinally with a walkway between the two hulls for the coaches. It is very stable and a great device for helping brand new rowers gain confidence. After five or six days in the Leviathan, the students move to 8's - not joined at the hip.
The second four week period is dedicated to learning how to scull - each person has two oars, one in each hand. The sculling sessions also start on the Indoor Rowing
Machines and then move to the Alden Ocean Shells on the end of a tether. Once the coaching staff senses a level of confidence and a degree of knowledge, they untie the tethers. There is always a safety launch close by - just in case!!!
For both sessions the coaches are there four days a week. Typically students come down two days a week - we understand, there's more to life than rowing - though we do have a hard time coming to grips with that concept! You are welcome to come three days a week or all four - no extra charge! Each session is $100; if you sign up for both, $180, and you are a member of Toledo Rowing Club until the docks are taken out in early November.
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